Device for holding and dispensing pins.



L. F. WOODHEAD.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND DISPENSING PINS. APPLICATION FILED nu 6,1908.

909,270, Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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L. F. WOODHEAD. DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND DISPENSING PINS. APPLICATIONFILED MAY 6, 1909.

909,270. Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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L1? wad/2 cam? LAWRENCE F. WOODHEAD, OF ROSWELL, TERRITORY OF NEWMEXICO.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND DISPENSING PINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed May 6, 1908. Serial No. 481,185.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE F. WOOD- HEAD, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Roswell, in the county of Chaves and Territory ofNew Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Holding and Dispensing Pins, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements indevices for holding and dispensing pins, and the object of the inventionis an im roved device of this character which may e em loyed with pinsof different lengths, and which is arranged to feed the pins in regularsuccession to a discharge (plate, from which they may be readily releaseby peculiar means, so as to fall into the outstretched hand of the user.

With this and other objects in view that will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructionsand arran ements of the parts that I shall hereinafter Tully describeand then point out the novel features thereof in the ap ended claims.

or a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and toacquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means foreiiecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my im roved pin holder showing thelatter mounte upon the stand; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig.3 is a similar view illustrating the man ner of mounting the holder in adesk; Pig. 4 is an enlar ed erspective view, illustrating one metho ofoadmg the magazine; Big. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the pinholder; Pig. 6 is a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 7 is an enlargederspective view of the discharge plate and the lower portion of thechute; big. 8 is a detail view of the throat; Fig. 9 is an enlargedsectional view on the line 9-9 of fig. 5; and, big. 10 is an enlar eddetail view of the chute.

orresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin descriptionand indicated in all the views 0 the drawings, by the same referencecharacters.

My improved pin holder embodies a casing which consists of a front 1 andtwo sides 2 perpendicularly and rearwardly disposed to the front, and inwhich is mounted in a rearwardly inclined position a magazine chute 3,

that is in the form of a tube and is split longitudinally 0n itslowerside and formed at its separated edges with dependin spaced flanges 4.The chute is detacha ly supported at its upper end by a cross piece 5which extends etween the sides 2 near the upper rear corners thereof,and iicurved intermediate of its ends so as to partially encircle thechute. The chute is rigidly secured at its lower end to a dischargeplate 7, and in the present instance is recessed in its flanges 4, asindicated at 6. so as to embrace the rear portion of said dischargeplate 7, which is mounted in a slightly rearwardly inclined position inthe casing, and extends transversely between the sides 2, with its endsresting on and supported by inwardly disosed lu S that are carried bythe sides.

his disc ar e plate 7 is formed with a slot 9 that leads forwardly fromthe rear edge thereof in re ist with the chute, and has its forward ensu stantially perpendicularly disposed, as indicated at 10, with itsextremity enlarged, as shown at 11. The discharge plate 7 is formed onthe opposite side of the s 0t 9 from the angular] dlsposed end 10, witha plurality of depen ing ears 12 in transverse alinement with thelatter; and a plunger 13 is loosely mounted in such ears, with its outerend extending throu h the corresponding side2 of the casin ,and ormedwith an enlarged head 14. Tile inner extremit of this plunger isnormally held in space relation to the slot 9, and for this purpose acoil spring 15 is secured beneath the plate 7 by means of In s 16punched or otherwise formed in the p ate and engaging one end of thespring, the other end of said spring bearing against and exertin anoutwar ressure upon an inwardly facing shoulder 17 ormed by reducing theinner end of the plunger, as shown.

The magazine chute 3 is designed to receive and carry the pinswhich'depend therein, as shown, with their heads in the tubular ortionof the magazine, the said pins fee ing toward the lower end of themagazine, owing to the inclination of the latter, and the lowermost pinbeing carried by gravity into the slot 9 of the discharge plate, andbeing suspended therein at the 1uncture of the main portion of the slotwith the an larly disosed end 10 thereof. The ortions of the anges 4 ofthe magazine 0 ute which exten between the upper end thereof and thedischarge plate 7 are preferably corrugated,

as indicated at 18, so as to form a winding passa e to effectuallyprevent the pins movlng ownwardly in the ma azme from 5 bucklin and this blocl ing the atter.

In or er to prevent the lowermost pin from accidentally passing throughthe angularly disposed end of the slot, when the device is bein movedabout, I provide a spring 19,

10 one en of which is rigi ly secured to the discharge plate in front '0said end 10 and the other or' free end of which is rearwardly disposedand normally bears against a h g 19" depending from the discharge late.When the free end of the spring is in t is position it extends acrossthe end 10 of the slot, in alinement withthe adjacent wall of the mainportion thereof, and th s revents the pin from accidentally passin trorgh said end 10.

The movement of the lowermost pin is preferably further limited by astop 4 formed by bending the lower extremity of the flange 4 o posite tothe end 10 of the slot, laterally in aiinement with the forward wallthereof.

In the practical 1 se of my improved device the head 14 is pressed bythe 1861', so as to move the 'plr nger 13 inwardly against the tensionof the spring 15, and ca: se the inner extremity of said plunger to passthrorgh the 80 recess 6 and abut against the that is positioned in theslot in the disc rge plate and move the pin transversly a ainst thetension of the sprrng 19, through t e angularly disosed end 10 into theenlarged portion 11 of said slot, through which the head of the inreadilypasses and is th 5 released from the ischar e plate and fallsinto the o1 tstretched ban of the i ser of the device. 13 is a1.tomati'cally retracted by the spring 15 which returns the plunger to itsnormal position in spaced relation to the slot 9, and thi s permits thenext s": cceeding pin to fall into position in the slot in the dischargeplate, and the free end of the spring 19, to retrrn to its normalposition to prevent the accidental movenient of said pin. It wil thus beseen that one pin is always in readiness to be removed, and the aboveoperation may be repeated as often as desired, until the supply of pinsin the magazine is exhar sted.

11 order to collect the pins which are not desired for use, the front 1of the casing is formed with a forwardl dis osed inwardly opening hopper2'0 whic lea s into a throat 21 secured to the inner s1; rface of thefront and extending downwardly and rearwardly therefrom, with its lowerend referably bellshaped, asindicated at 22. 'l his bell-shaped endof'the' throat is arranged to fit around the upher end of asupplementary tube 23 hich isfriounted in the casing in an opposite yinelined 'oe tion to the chute 3, and is sul: stans rinlar to thelatter, excepting that its 19 er 1; "d is closed; The ex ple'mentary tue is etachably secured in t e casing by The plunger means-of a springclip 24 which is secured to one of the sides 2 and projects inwardlytherefrom, and is arranged to partiall encircle the sup lementary tubebetween t e ends thereof. he ins may be fed into the hop- 7 per 20either ead or point first, and pass through the throat 21 into the suplementary tube 23, and move toward the ower end of the latter, becauseof the inclination of the same.

When it is desired to replenish the supply of pins in the ma azinechute, the supplementary tube is etached from the s rin clip 24, and isheld in an oppositely inc ine position with its 0 en end inserted in theup- 30 per end of the c ute, which is preferab y slightly enlarged atthis end, as shown at 3*, so that the pins pass from the s'wpplementarytube into the magazine chute to load the same. Another method of loadingthe mag- 35 azine chute is ilh strated in 1 i 4, in which a separateloading tub e 31 is empl oyed, this tube being salt stantially similarto the supplementary tube 23 except that its flanges are not corrrgated. A pa er of pins is fed into the loading tube and t e pa er holderis slipped downwardly between tihe spaced flanges thereof to effectuallyand quickly strip the ins from their holder and leave them dependmg inthe loading tube, which is then applied to the magazine chute in aninclined position to transfer the pins thereto.

The sides 2 of the casing are formed at their outer edges withoutstanding flanges 25 arranged for engagement with the returned edgesof a top 26 to detachably secure the latter to the casing. This top ispreferably formed with a sleeve 27 which is designed to be mounted uponthe outwardly projecting arm 28 of a stand 29, so as to suspend thedevice from the same, said sleeve being adjustably secured upon the armby means of a screw 30 passin therethrough. If desired, the top 26 may escrewed'or otherwise secured to a horizontal partition of a desk, todetachably suspend the casing from the latter;

Having thus described the invention, wh at I claim is:

1. A pin holder com rising a dischar e plate formed with a slot havin anangularIy disposed end the extremity 0 which is enlarged, a sup ort forthe discharge plate, means for fee ing the pins in regular successioninto the slot, so that they will be suspended therein in regist with theangularly disposed end of said s 0t, and means for moving the pinsthrough the an larly disposed end 0 the slot into the en arged ortionthereof, whereby to release the pins tom the discharge plate.

-2. Apin holder comprising a dischar e plate formed with a slot havin'an angularyi disposed end, the extremity o which is enlarged, means forsupporting the discharge 130 asses plate, means for feeding the pins inregular succession into the slot, so that they will be sus ended thereinin registry with the engular y disposed end of said slot, and a plungermovably mounted upon the discharge plate and arranged to abut againstthe pins to carry the same through the angularly disposed end of theslot into the enlarged portion thereof.

3. A pin holder comprising a discharge plate formed with a slot leadingfrom one edge thereof, the end of said slot being angularly disposed,and the extremity of the lat ter being enlarged, a support for thedischarge plate, a chute having its lower end in registry with the slotand arranged to feed pins successively into the same, so that they aresus ended therein in registry with the angulary disposed end of theslot, and a plunger movably mounted upon the discharge plate andarranged to abut against the pins to carry the same through the anularlydisposed end of the slot into the enfarged portion thereof.

4. A pin holder comprising a discharge plate formed with a slot leadingfrom one ed e thereof, the end of said slot being angular y disposed,and the extremity of the latter bein enlarged, a support for thedischarge plate, a chute having its lower end in registry with the slotand arranged to feed the pins successivel r into the latter, so thatthey are suspende in the slot in registry with the angularly disposedend, said discharge plate being formed on the opposite side of the slotfrom the angularly disposed end, With depending ears in alinement withthe latter, a plunger movably mounted in the ears and designed to bepressed inwardly to abut against the pins and carry them through the anularly disposed end of the slot into the enlarged portion thereof, and aspring engaged with the plunger and arranged to automatically retractthe same, to

ermit the next succeeding pin to be fed into position in the slot.

5. A pin holder comprising a casing, a tubular chute mounted in aninclined position in the casing and split longitudinall r and formed atits spaced edges with depem ing spaced flanges, the pins being sus endedbetween such flanges, and means f dr discharging the pins one at a timefrom the lower end of the chute, the flanges of the chute beingcorrugated to form a winding passage, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. A pin holder comprising a discharge late formed with a slot having anangu- Farly diaposed end, the extremity of which is enlarge means forsupporting the discharge plate, means for feeding the pins in regularsuccession into the slot, so that they suspended therein in registrywith the angularly disposed end of said slot, a plunger movably mountedupon the discharge plate will be i and arranged to abut against the pinsto carry the same through the angularly disposed end of the slot intothe enlarged portion thereof, and means for automatically retracting theplunger.

7. A pin holder comprising a discharge plate formed with a slot, one endof which is angularly disposed and has an enlarged portion, a supportfor the discharge plate, a chute having its lower end in registry withthe slot and arranged to feed the pins successively into the latter, sothat the are suspended in the slot in registry wit1 the angularlydisposed end, said disc iarge plate being formed on the opposite side ofthe slot from the angularly disposed end with depending ears inalinement with the latter, a plunger movably mounted in the ears anddesigned to abut against the ins and carry them through the angularly(isposed end of the slot into the enlarged portion thereof, and meansfor automatically retracting the plunger, as and for the purposespecified.

8. In a pin holder, a tubular chute split longitudinally and formed atits separated edges with dependin flanges, the pins being suspendedbetween the said flanges and feeding toward the lowermost end of thechute, the flanges being corrugated to form a winding passage, as andfor the purpose specified.

9. A pin holder comprising a casing, a discharge plate mounted withinthe casing and formed with a slot leading from one edge thereof, the endof the slot being angularly disposed and the extremity thereof beingenlarged, means for feeding the pins in regular succession into theslot, so that the w1ll be suspended therein in registry with t eangularly disposed end of the slot, means for pre venting said pins frommoving accidentally through the angularly disposed end of the slot, andmeans for moving the pins through the angularly disposed end of the slotinto the enlarged portion thereof, whereby to release the pins from thedischarge plate.

10. A pin holder comprising a discharge plate formed with a slot leadingfrom one edge thereof, the end of said slot being angularly disposed andthe extremit Y thereof being enlarged, a support for the ischarge plate,means for feeding the pins in regular succession into the slot so thatthey Wlll be suspended therein in registry with the angularly disposedend of the slot, means for moving the pins through the angularly disposed end of the slot into the enlarged portion thereof, and a springsecured to the discharge plate and extendin across the angularlydisposed end of the s 0t, as and for the purpose specified.

1 1. A pin holder comprising a tubular chute split longitudinally andformed at its separated edges with depending s aced flanges, the pinsbeing suspended between such flanges and feeding toward the lowermostend Qf thechute, and means for discharging thepins one at a time fromthe lower end (if the chute, the flanges of the chute being corrugatedto form a Winding passage, and the lower extremity of one of the flangesbeing angularly disposed to form a stop, as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony WhQI'QQf I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

LAWRENCE F. woonnmn. [1,. 3.]

Witnesses G. N. ANNIS, G. A. RICHARDSON.

